diff --git a/src/blitter/32bpp_anim.cpp b/src/blitter/32bpp_anim.cpp
index 70869bd59a..5006305789 100644
--- a/src/blitter/32bpp_anim.cpp
+++ b/src/blitter/32bpp_anim.cpp
@@ -458,11 +458,7 @@ void Blitter_32bppAnim::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 
 		uint tw = width + (scroll_x >= 0 ? -scroll_x : scroll_x);
 		uint th = height - scroll_y;
-		for (; th > 0; th--) {
-			std::copy_n(src, tw, dst);
-			src -= this->anim_buf_pitch;
-			dst -= this->anim_buf_pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, tw, th, -this->anim_buf_pitch);
 	} else {
 		/* Calculate pointers */
 		dst = this->anim_buf + left + top * this->anim_buf_pitch;
@@ -475,15 +471,9 @@ void Blitter_32bppAnim::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 			src -= scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		/* the y-displacement may be 0 therefore we have to use memmove,
-		 * because source and destination may overlap */
 		uint tw = width + (scroll_x >= 0 ? -scroll_x : scroll_x);
 		uint th = height + scroll_y;
-		for (; th > 0; th--) {
-			memmove(dst, src, tw * sizeof(uint16_t));
-			src += this->anim_buf_pitch;
-			dst += this->anim_buf_pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, tw, th, this->anim_buf_pitch);
 	}
 
 	Blitter_32bppBase::ScrollBuffer(video, left, top, width, height, scroll_x, scroll_y);
diff --git a/src/blitter/32bpp_base.cpp b/src/blitter/32bpp_base.cpp
index 2895d4feba..5c25d4185f 100644
--- a/src/blitter/32bpp_base.cpp
+++ b/src/blitter/32bpp_base.cpp
@@ -106,11 +106,7 @@ void Blitter_32bppBase::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 			width += scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		for (int h = height; h > 0; h--) {
-			std::copy_n(src, width, dst);
-			src -= _screen.pitch;
-			dst -= _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, width, height, -_screen.pitch);
 	} else {
 		/* Calculate pointers */
 		dst = (uint32_t *)video + left + top * _screen.pitch;
@@ -130,13 +126,7 @@ void Blitter_32bppBase::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 			width += scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		/* the y-displacement may be 0 therefore we have to use memmove,
-		 * because source and destination may overlap */
-		for (int h = height; h > 0; h--) {
-			memmove(dst, src, width * sizeof(uint32_t));
-			src += _screen.pitch;
-			dst += _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, width, height, _screen.pitch);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/blitter/40bpp_anim.cpp b/src/blitter/40bpp_anim.cpp
index 02df4be0a8..7ef8cd4ba8 100644
--- a/src/blitter/40bpp_anim.cpp
+++ b/src/blitter/40bpp_anim.cpp
@@ -493,11 +493,7 @@ void Blitter_40bppAnim::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 
 		uint tw = width + (scroll_x >= 0 ? -scroll_x : scroll_x);
 		uint th = height - scroll_y;
-		for (; th > 0; th--) {
-			std::copy_n(src, tw, dst);
-			src -= _screen.pitch;
-			dst -= _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, tw, th, -_screen.pitch);
 	} else {
 		/* Calculate pointers */
 		dst = anim_buf + left + top * _screen.pitch;
@@ -510,15 +506,9 @@ void Blitter_40bppAnim::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &widt
 			src -= scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		/* the y-displacement may be 0 therefore we have to use memmove,
-		 * because source and destination may overlap */
 		uint tw = width + (scroll_x >= 0 ? -scroll_x : scroll_x);
 		uint th = height + scroll_y;
-		for (; th > 0; th--) {
-			memmove(dst, src, tw * sizeof(uint8_t));
-			src += _screen.pitch;
-			dst += _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, tw, th, _screen.pitch);
 	}
 
 	Blitter_32bppBase::ScrollBuffer(video, left, top, width, height, scroll_x, scroll_y);
diff --git a/src/blitter/8bpp_base.cpp b/src/blitter/8bpp_base.cpp
index 131b9519da..db4e18b3fe 100644
--- a/src/blitter/8bpp_base.cpp
+++ b/src/blitter/8bpp_base.cpp
@@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ void Blitter_8bppBase::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &width
 			width += scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		for (int h = height; h > 0; h--) {
-			std::copy_n(src, width, dst);
-			src -= _screen.pitch;
-			dst -= _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, width, height, -_screen.pitch);
 	} else {
 		/* Calculate pointers */
 		dst = (uint8_t *)video + left + top * _screen.pitch;
@@ -135,13 +131,7 @@ void Blitter_8bppBase::ScrollBuffer(void *video, int &left, int &top, int &width
 			width += scroll_x;
 		}
 
-		/* the y-displacement may be 0 therefore we have to use memmove,
-		 * because source and destination may overlap */
-		for (int h = height; h > 0; h--) {
-			memmove(dst, src, width * sizeof(uint8_t));
-			src += _screen.pitch;
-			dst += _screen.pitch;
-		}
+		Blitter::MovePixels(src, dst, width, height, _screen.pitch);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/blitter/base.hpp b/src/blitter/base.hpp
index 7ee97a6c20..2a31d1d0b0 100644
--- a/src/blitter/base.hpp
+++ b/src/blitter/base.hpp
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ public:
 	virtual ~Blitter() = default;
 
 	template <typename SetPixelT> void DrawLineGeneric(int x, int y, int x2, int y2, int screen_width, int screen_height, int width, int dash, SetPixelT set_pixel);
+
+	template <typename T> static void MovePixels(const T *src, T *dst, size_t width, size_t height, ptrdiff_t pitch);
 };
 
 #endif /* BLITTER_BASE_HPP */
diff --git a/src/blitter/common.hpp b/src/blitter/common.hpp
index eebdfc05e7..6b36feb980 100644
--- a/src/blitter/common.hpp
+++ b/src/blitter/common.hpp
@@ -192,4 +192,24 @@ void Blitter::DrawLineGeneric(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, int screen_width,
 	}
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+/* static */ void Blitter::MovePixels(const T *src, T *dst, size_t width, size_t height, ptrdiff_t pitch)
+{
+	if (src == dst) return;
+
+	if (src < dst) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
+			std::move_backward(src, src + width, dst + width);
+			src += pitch;
+			dst += pitch;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
+			std::move(src, src + width, dst);
+			src += pitch;
+			dst += pitch;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #endif /* BLITTER_COMMON_HPP */